Hannukah Trivia

Definitions (Hebrew)

100

The days of in English

בימי

200

Candles in English and what we say during one of our blessings every night

נרות

300

Miracles in English and also added in a paragraph in the Chazzarah during Hannukah

ניסים

400

English for the Greeks which is who the Jews fought during the Second Century B.C

יוונים

500

Release in English, during Hannukah we praise god for releasing us from the Greeks.

פּורקן

Characters

100

This main leader in the hannukah story helped the jews win the battle over the greeks

Judah the Maccabee

200

The EVIL King in the Hannukah Story

Antiochus

300

Judah's dad

Mattathias ben Johanan

400

These people were in charge of lighting the Menorah

The High Priests

500

This woman and her seven sons died when they refused to bow to an idol

Hannah and her seven sons

Dates

100

The amount of days we observe Hannukah for

8 days

200

This is the amount of time the oil lasted in the temple

8 days

300

The day we start observing Hannukah in the Hebrew calendar. Hint it is the last two letters of the Holiday itself

כה בכיסלו

400

The year the Jews fought the Greeks

Second Century B.C

500

This amount of years after the story of Hannukah the rabbis elaborate in the talmud the miracle of the oil lasting

600 years

Traditions

100

This four sided top has letters each the begining letter of the phrase "a miracle happened here (or there)"

סביבון

200

If you want a quick 235 calorie snack, I would reccomend one of these

סופגניות

300

This is where the Hannukiah is placed every night to help show everyone outside that the Miracle happened

A window

400

The direction we light the Hannukiah with the Shamash

Left to right

500

This debate about if we count up or down the days of Hannukah came between these two torah scholars

Hillel and Shamai